The bombing of the Palm Springs fertility clinic
The FBI investigation of the weekend bombing at Palm Springs, Calif., killing one and wounding four in Los Angeles, according to an attorney general
One person was killed and four were injured in the weekend blast that sent debris flying across multiple blocks in all directions, said Akil Davis, assistant director in charge of the FBI’s Los Angeles Field Office.
Andrew Mills said Saturday that the public was not in any danger. “I also want to make sure that our community understands this is an isolated incident. He said he is confident the community is not at risk anymore.
One person was killed and several others were injured in a blast outside a Palm Springs, Calif. fertility clinic late Saturday morning, which sent debris all around the city.
“This moment has shaken us—but it has not stopped us,” the post reads. We will use strength, love, and hope to bring new life into the world.
The attorney general stated that she had been briefed on the explosion. She made clear that the Trump administration understood that women and mothers were the heartbeat of America, in a post on X.
The debris field spanned over 250 yards as first responders arrived at the scene. He added that investigators believe the perpetrator was attempting to live stream the bombing.
Barktus was believed to have been trying to livestream the bombing. The 25-year-old had not previously appeared on the FBI’s radar but may have had encounters with other law enforcement agencies, Davis added.
According to LAist, Bartkus posted writings and an audio recording about the attack online, which surfaced in the aftermath of the weekend bombing. He referred to himself as a “misandrist” because he believed it was ethical to end suffering by ending lives, according to the website. Bartkus said in the recording that he’s anti-life. “Introducing is an epitome of pro-life ideology.” NPR has not independently verified this audio.
FBI spokesperson Laura Eimiller also confirmed that the agency was scrutinizing evidence “indicating antinatalist views,” which refers to an ideology that proposes it’s wrong to have children.
Online posts made by Bartkus were combed through by investigators. “The subject had nihilistic ideations, and this was a targeted attack against the IVF facility,” Davis said Sunday. Nihilism is a philosophy that rejects values and beliefs and views existence as useless.
The FBI says the Aliso Viejo spa bombing in Palm Springs, California, was not caused by a single male suspect in 2010 Ford Fusion sedan
Officials were “fairly confident” that the deceased person found near the vehicle was Bartkus, Davis said, adding that Bartkus had been driving a silver 2010 Ford Fusion sedan.
The FBI has identified a man they think is the prime suspect in the bombing, and he lived in a town northeast of Palm Springs. Investigators said they had earlier executed a search warrant there.
In a news conference on Sunday, Davis of the FBI thanked the Palm Springs police and fire departments as well as FBI bomb technicians for working quickly to ensure that none of the embryos at the facility were lost.
“Our mission has always been to help build families and in times like these, we are reminded of just how precious life is,” the clinic wrote.
The clinic posted a photo on Instagram of its badly damaged facade, with building materials and glass strewn across the road and black smoke and flames billowing from inside.
The blast cut through the American Reproductive Centers (ARC) fertility clinic, which has been operating in Palm Springs since 2006, according to its website.
The bomb was powerful enough to throw pieces of vehicle hundreds of feet in the air and then several blocks away. He refused to discuss the type of materials utilized in the bomb, citing the ongoing investigation.
The Aliso Viejo spa bombing, which killed six people, was the larger of the two. Akil Davis, assistant director in charge of the FBI’s Los Angeles Field Office, has said that the bombing scene was probably the largest they had in Southern California.
The 25-year-old California resident held nihilistic views and may have also had antinatalist leanings, the FBI said. The clinic was targeted and the bombing is being treated as domestic terrorism by investigators.
The FBI said that it has identified the suspect in the explosion at a US fertility clinic that killed one person. Akil Davis, an Assistant Director in charge of the FBI’s Los Angeles Field Office, said that investigators believe the perpetrator was attempting to live stream the bombing. The blast cut through the American Reproductive Centers (ARC) fertility clinic.